Improvement in combined faucet, measure, and funnel



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THOMAS MCMAHON, OF WILLIAMSBURQNEW YORK.

Letters Patent No.` 99,454, dated February 1, 18"'0'. Y

A The Schedule referred to in those Letten Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern and I do hereby declare that thefollowiug is a full,V

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of' reference marked thereon, making part of this speciilcation, in which- Figure 1 is a front view. i

Figure 2 is a view showing the taps or plugs detached from their bowls, but connected by their operating-lever.

Figure 4 is aside view. I

AThe nature ot' my invention consists in constructing a faucet with a measuring-chamber, having arranged, both above and below the same, a bowl and a tap or key. The tapsor plugs are lconnected by a lever, so as to insure .their simultaneous movement, and have their openings, through which the liquid passes, arranged at such relative positions to each other, that when the taps are seated in the bowls, the opening of the one shallclose the other.' The exit-mouth of the faucet is so constructed as to .serve asa funnel.

lo enable others skilled in the art to make and use I my invention, l will now proceed to describe its construction and operation. Y

A represents that portion of the pipe or tube that is to be inserted in the cask or other vessel from which the liquids or tluids are to be drawn.

A A represent the bowls of the faucet, and are Ymade slightly conical Vin form.

B is a nieasuring-chamber, arranged between the' bowls Al` A', glass, l. Y w C is the exit-tube, and is funnel-shaped, having ventpassages or recesses at c o.

D D are the taps or keys, and are tapering-or conical in'for-m, in order to properly fit and work in the bowls A' A'.

and .is provided with a gange-face of These taps or keys are provided'with handles E E, and are so connected by a lever or arm, E', that the movement of the one necessitates the movement of the other.

d d are openings in the plugs or keys, and are -both in the line ofthe water-way, but arranged at such relative positions, when properly seated in the bowls, that when one is opened the other shall be closed, so that'the faucet being inserted in a cask or`other ves* sel, by simply turning the handle F, the valve between the measure B and exit-pipeor funnel Gis closed, and the valve through which isA conveyed the liquid from the cask to the chamber B, is opened. After the desired quantity of liquid is drawn, by simply moving the handle F in the opposite direction through the lever E', you shut off all communication with the cask, and open the exit. i

d is a vent-opening, and is arranged at such position as to be clear ofthe water-way.

f Thus, it will be seen, that at an exceedingly moder-v ate cost, I provide a faucet that is secure and durable,

and, also, one that combines all the advantages possessed by the ordinary faucet, measure, and funnel.

Having thus fully described my invention,

That Il claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Leiters Patent of the United States, is

1. .A faucet, having two bowls A A', and chamber B, and taps or keys D D, when the latter are united by -a lever, E', and the whole are so combined and arranged as to operate substantially as described.

`2. A faucet, having bowls A A', chamber B, taps or keys D D,connected by lever E', andfunnel-shaped exit-tube C, whenthe same are so combined and arranged as to operate substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses. THOS. MCMAHON.

Witnesses WM. H. FULKERSON, i WM. H. EPWORTH.. 

